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Article Evaluation

 * The NoZe Brotherhood
 * Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?... Yes, except they didn't include much info about the club's presence on campus currently
 * Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?... They could add some more info as to what the club does on campus and they could include more recent information about their presence campus
 * What else could be improved?... More current information and a more specified explanation as to what they do on campus
 * Is the article neutral? Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?.. Yes it is neutral, does not sway towards the administration's side or the NoZe brothers' side
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented? Not necessarily

Now take a look at how others are talking about this article on the talk page.


 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic?... One editor is criticizing the layout and grammatical problems of the article but the write believes they have no reason to edit since they don't have any personal knowledge of the group as a whole, there is also criticism about if it should be considered a "secret" society due to the fact that there are multiple articles on the internet about it so it is therefore not very secret overall
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?.. It is a part of the Secret Societies project which is currently inactive, it is rated as Start- Class and is also rated Low- Importance
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?... we haven't talked about it in class

Article Selection

 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic?
 * Is it written neutrally?
 * Does each claim have a citation?
 * Are the citations reliable?

NoZe Brotherhood

Pat Morris Neff

- both articles have content relevant to the topic

- they have citations that are reliable

- could include more information for both topics

- written neutrally, the talk section on the NoZe Brotherhood page seems less neutral, very defensive

Info from the article
http://digitalcollections.baylor.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/lariat/id/64443/rec/3

-In 1924, the members of the club began to wearing noses, a different one for each member, as well as unorthodox costumes. This year, the club also began to accept members from dorms other than Brooks.

-In order to rush into the NoZe Brotherhood, each potential new member had to submit an essay. Their acceptance was based on both originality and creativity. Each member needed to obtain and keep a 3.8 GPA, the highest GPA of any organization on campus many times. Each pledge class that becomes apart of the brotherhood is required to complete a "class project." This class project is basically a group prank

http://digitalcollections.baylor.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/lariat/id/64443/rec/3

-Many of the real names of the original members are impossible to find since they are all given club names and were known by that.

- The group kept a record of everything they did as a group called the "Holy Law." Sadly sometime after World War II, the book was lost and has yet to be found

-The group was said to be named niot just after Shoaf's nose, but al the members in the group had peculiar noses. The group was formed by a group of men who often met inside of Brooks and decided the wanted to create their own men's club, since the Baylor Chamber of Commerce was the only other option